Apparatus for laying roll roofing



April 13, 194s. E.. w. NKNEY 2,439,681

APPARATUS FOR LAYING ROLL ROOFING y Filed Feb. 1e, 1945I s sheefs-sneet 1 IN VENTOR.

AprillS, 1948. E. W.ANKNEY 2,439,681

l APPARATUS FOR LAYING ROLL ROOFING Filed Feb. 116, 1945 s sheets-sheet 2 J7 E Je J9 i E. Zdc'fZ/ff/y,

ATTE! R N EYS April 13, 1948.

E. w. ANKNEY APPARATUS FOR LAYING ROLL ROOFING s sheetsheet 3 Filed Feb. 16, 1945 INVENTOR.

r f l /zey the apparatus feeding out the material as it is moved crosswise of the roof, identically as shown in said Figure 1. The tread wheel I2 tracking the roofing bed in advance of the roll of material C during the laying thereof, while the arm I3 holds this material down onto the said roof during the feeding thereof. The track rail I9 is upwardly spaced from the roof B by spacer pieces 23, these being best shown in Figures 4 and 6 of the drawings. Y

The axle section Il is separable from the beam or bar l for the mounting of the roll of material C or dismounting thereof.

In Figures 11 to 14, inclusive, of the drawings, there is shown a modication of the invention, wherein the carriage is in the form of a chassis frame, including the side beams or bars 24, with the axle section 25 centrally of the frame, and

the hold down members 26 mounted on opposite sides thereof in the outer ends of said bars 24. As previously described the axle section is provided with a spur walking gear 30 and the axle 25 is telescopically engaged in the center stem of the track runner 21 which slidably ts the track 28, the frame being in association with an extension yoke plate 29 which is mounted on one of the bars 24 in a position immediately above the axle section 25, and the tread wheel heretofore described is dispensed with entirely, yet the spur Wheel 30 is in the organization of the modiiied form of apparatus just described.

From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction and manner of operation of the preierred and modiiied forms of the apparatus will be clearly understood and therefore a more extended explanation has been omitted, for the sake of brevity.

What is claimed is:

l, An apparatus of the kind described, comprising a carriage for a roll of rooiing material, an axle section journalled medially of said carriage at right angles thereto for supporting the roll while said material is fed outwardly of said carriage on movement of the carriage, a guide track for the carriage remote from said carriage, and in parallel relation therewith, an extension on said axle section, and means mounted on the extension of said axle section for guiding the carriage on the track.

2. An apparatus of the kind described, comprising a carriage for a roll of roofing material, an' axle section journalled medially of said carriage at right angles thereto for supporting the roll while said material is fedoutwardly of said carriage on movement of the carriage, a guide track for the carriage remote from said carriage, and in parallel relation therewith, an extension on said axle section, means mounted on the extension of said axle section for guiding thecarriage on the track, and a runner for the track included in said means. a

3. An apparatus of the kind described, comprising a carriage for a roll of `roofing material, an axle section journalled medially of said carriage at right angles thereto for supporting the roll while said material is fed outwardly of said carriage on movement of the carriage, a guide.

:track for the carriage remote from said carriage,

and in parallel relation therewith, an extension on said axle section, means mounted on the extension of said axle section for guiding the carriage on the track, a runner for the track inf eluded in said means, and means extending from the carriage in parallel relation to said axle section for holding down the material with relation to a roof lwhen fed from the roll. v l 4. An apparatus of the kind described, comprising a carriage for a roll of roong material, an axle section journalled medially of said carriage at right angles thereto for supporting the roll while said material is fed outwardly of said carriage on movement of the carriage, a guide track for the carriage remote from said carriage, and in parallel relation therewith, an extension on said axle section, means mounted on the extension of said axle section for guiding the carriage on the track, a runner for the 'track ineluded in said means, means extending from Ithe carriage in parallel relation to said axle section for'holding down the material with relation to a roof when fed from the roll and a walking wheel associated with the axle section extension of the carriage.

EZRA W. ANKNEY.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name ADate 1,022,024 Girard e Apr. 2, 1912 1,550,082

Lintz et al Aug. 18, 1925 

